Drill-press.



No. 819,372. PATENTED MAY l, 1906. H. F. NOYES.

DRILL PRESS..

Prummel HmmV :um: 14. 1904.

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MORRIS PETERS. INC, LITHO.. WASHINGTON. D CA PAT-BNTED MAY l, 1906. H. F. NOYES.

DRILL PRESS.

APPLIUATION H LED 51111314, 1904.

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HENRY r.' No'YEs, or WAYNnsBoRo, PENNSYLVANIA. f

y DRILL-PRESS.'

A Specification of Letters Patent.v Application filed June 141 1904.` Serial No. 212,543.

- Patented May y1, 1906.

To all inkom it may concern,.-

-Be it known that I, HENRY-F. NoYEs, a

citizen of the United States, residing vat Waynesboro, in the county of Franklin and State. oflPennsylvaniaphave invented anew and useful Drill-Press, of. which the following is a specification. u .y

My invention relates' to drill-presses having a vertical spindle carried 'by aA frame, standard, column,or ov'erhanging arm. In

the use of drill-presses 4of this character if tered with the accuracy desired. This mustbe completed before the lip of the drill is enl' tirely sunk in the metal, for it cannot be drawn over any afterward, and frequently through careless workmanship the hole is not 3S to receive and guide the drill close to the centered accurately and the work is s oiled; In the second method, which 1s usual y employed where many pieces of a. ln'nd are de sired, it is customary to make a jig, as it is called, being a casting of Va shape suitable to receive and adapted to clamp the Work and provided with a hardened bushing adapted work, so that after the Work is clamped in i the jig the bushing will prevent the drill from running to one side of the desired location of hole. This evidenti?T is an expensive way ofeffectingthe desire result, as every change in the shape of work or location of hole requires -a new jig.

The object of my invention is to provide,

in combination with and as a part of an ordinaryupright drillpress,drillguiding means in the nature of a universal jig, which shall enable the operator to drill a hole in the work at' a desired pointand in a desired directionwith the utmost facility andlirrespective` of the fact that the surface which isv first en gaged by the point of the drill is obli 11e' to the axis of the dri/ll, as where the ho e has A beenstarted slightly out of position, thereby rendering itunnecessary to chip away the meansand means for supporting the work.

metal at the side of a previously-bored hole or recess to prevent the drill. from running. 7

A further object of myl invention is toV adap't such drill-guiding means for use under practically all conditions-in which a l,drillpress maybeused and to enable the same to' be adjusted readily to meet such conditions andv also to enable` it to be moved readily out of position to permit inspection of the -work and back into position without readjustment. I accomplish these objects by providing,l

combination with an ordinary upright ing-machine: having a'table which is universally adjustable l:1orizontally a drill-guiding means whichis supported on the frame of the machine independently of the table and is 'adapted tobevswung into 'axial almement ywith the drilll closelyadjacent the-surface of the work and then to suchposition.

In'the'drawings, Figure 1 illustrates in side elevation an ordinary upright drilling-machineprovided with my lnvention, and Fig. 2 is a plan view showingthe drill-guiding b e rigidly secured in parts imboth views. j

As shown in the drawings, the base 1 is provided with the usual verticalstandard or,v column 2 said c'olumn being turned downto provide a'cylindrical portion 12, The frame,

Similar lreference-numerals refer to similar 1 supported by said column, is provided with a box 3 having a verticallymovable sleeve 4 therein, and a drill-spi-nd e 5 is swiveled and rotatably mounted in said sleeve, sothat the drill 6, carried in the lower: end of saidspindle, may rotate about a verticalaxis or a line par.- allel to the longitudinal center line of the turned portion -12 of the'column 2. The drillspindle is adapted to be driven by the usualv 9 5 shafts'7 and Sandpulleys 9 f A hand-lever 10 is'journaled in theifrarne, with which the sleeve i and drill-spindle 5 may be moved vertically or axially, 'as is usual in 'this'class l ofdevicesw v To support the work, I provide abedll, which. 1s mounted upon the 'turned portion 12l of the column 2, so that it may swing horizontally, a clamping-screw 13 beingfpovided to lcck the bed in anydesired position.. A vertical adjusting-screw .14 is alsov pro#- vided to raise andlower the bed.' The upper horizontal surface of thebedis provided with ways 15, between which v1 1"..crossslide 16.is' tted, and the latter is providedwith ways IOO IIO

17', between which a work-carrying slide o1' table18 is also fitted, saidQwa-ys 15 and 1,7 be- .mg arranged exactly at right angles to each other. Said slides l? and'18 are respectively i provided withadjusting-screws 19 and 20, aving graduated dials 21 and 22, bymeans ofwhich micrometer adjustment of the slides may be effected. A- vise 23 may be secured Ato the surface of the table 18 for'use with Epi-small `work, while for larger work the vise may be -removed and the work clamped directly to the surfaceV of said-table.

A. drill-guide arm 24 is mounted on the vertical cylindrical portion 12 of the column 2, so -that it may be moved vertically of Vsaid column and may swing horizontally there-- about, and a clamping-screw 25 4is provided fr-llocking said arm in any desired position. A socket is provided in the outer end of arm 24, .and a drill-guide is h eld therein, said 'de 30 consisting of a hardened-steel bushlng having a central hole therethrough .of a size suitable for the size drill to be used. One of Said bushings is provided for each size of 25 drill, and said bushings are readily removable and interchangeable and so arranged in the arm 24 thatcithe center lines of their respective drill-'receiving passages will describe a cylinder as. the arm 24 -is swung about its 3o axisof which the axis of the drill is an element-that is, so that each drill and its corresponding guide may be held in axial alinement. ring 26, having a clamping-screw 27, is provided on'the portion 12 of column 2 below arm 24 and is adapted to provide a -sup ort for said arm when its clamping-screw 25 .1s loosened. An elbow 28 projects upwardly from ring 26 opposite arm 2-4 and is provided with a stop-screw 29, which is adapted to bear against said arm and hold the same from swinging movement 4in one direction beyond a position in which the drill-guide is in alinement with the drills xis. As 1n practice the socket for-the drill-guides and the drill-guides themselves will be bored outy by theparticular machine on which said guides are used after all the parts have been placed thereon, it follows that each drill-guide will be held in perfect alinement with the drill when laced in the socket of said arm without a justment. As the `drills axis and the longitudinal Icentral line ofthe turned portion 12oftheu column are exactly parallel, thel perfect alinement of the drill-guiding means will not be disturbed by adjusting the arm 24 vertically. V

In practice the arms 24 and 28 are adjusted vertically to such a position that the lower end of the drill which is used may be raised above the level of the upper surface of the drill-guide 30 to permit the latter to be swung horizontally to one side of the drill.

In using my improved device the work is firmly secured in the vise 23 or tothe' table 6 5 18 in any well-known or convenient manner the drill.

and? .the bed 11 is adjusted' vertically until tlieup'per surface of the work .to be drilled is as close as practicable to the under surface of the drill-guide 30. The arm 24 is then swung to one side, and the drill is centered as accu- 7o rately as possible with relation to the hole to be drilled by adjusting the slide 16 and table 18 horizontally. c The drill-guide is then swung back intoalinement with the drill, the previously-adjusted stop-screw 29 enabling 7 5 this to be done with fac1lity, and the arm 24 is locked, and the drill is passed through the guide into the work. 1f the operator'is uncertain as towhether the hole is being started in exactly the desired position, he withdraws 8o the drill from the guide 30 and swings the latter to one side before the drill has penetrated the Work beyond its lip, andv if upon-examination he discovers that the work is not correctly positioned he will again adjust the slide 8 5 I 16 an table 18 horizontally to bring the work to thel desired position with relation to The `worlr having been readjusted, the guide is swung back into alinement with the drill' and'clamped in place, and then the drill is again passed throu h the guide into the Work. As' the work as been moved transversely of the axis of the drill the oint of the latter will. usually engage the ob ique surface at one side of the previously-bored vhole and but for the presence of the drillguide the drill would be sprung and its point would run into or toward the center of the .previously-bored hole and the adjustment of the work which has been madewould be ineffectual; but as the guide holds the .drill rigidly from springing at its oint and causes 1t to rotate about its norma axis the point of the drill will cut away the metal at the side of the hole which it first enga es and the drill will be passed into the wor in a position exactly correspondin to the adjustment of the latter and as if the olehad not previously been started in a different position. The above-described o eration 'of centerin the work beneath the rill may be repeats until the desired accuracy of adjustment has been attained.'Y lf the hole to be bored is of such a 'depthA that the guide prevents vthe drill-chuckfrom being brought into as close 1.15 proximity to the work as may be necessary,

the drill may be raised after it has penetrated the work beyond its lip, and the guide may be swung to one side outof the way of the drill-chuck. A v l 1 120 It will be ap arent from' the foregoing ,that the fact that t 1e drill-guide is supported 1n'- IIO dependently of Athe table, so that the table may be adjusted vertically or horizontally, as desired, Without'in any wlaiy disturbing 125 the axial adjustment of vthe-d lde, 1s a.

l feature of vital importance, for the drillguide moved with the table it would-be thrown out o alinement with thedrill, making a complete readjustment. ofthe'gulde 13o roo" 4guide to bemo-ved into exact axial alinement with the drill With all possible facility, and as the arm which carnes the guide is held from sliding down on the column 2 by the 26 the vertical 'adjustment of the guide rin WilInot be interfered with when arm 24 isA unlocked.

If it is desired to drill tWo or more holes Certain distances apart, after .one is drilled the Work canbe readily moved the required distance by meansf of the dials, which are graduated to thousandths of an inch. It is also evident that in the majority of cases this invention makes ji s unnecessary and thereby saves a great dea of expensive Work;

While I have shownmy invention as aplied to an upright drill, it is evident it can be as readily applied to the'head of a radial drill or other styles of drill, and I therefore do not Wish to be confined to the specific application shown.

I am aware that drill-presses having adjustable bases have been made before; but

What I claim is@ 1. In a drilling-machine the combination 3o with an am'ally-movable drill, a Work-sup port, a drill-'guide supported at one side of" the drill and means permitting movement of said guide longitudinally and transversely of the drill, and means for locking said guide in axial alinement With the drill, substantiall y as described.

2. In a drilling-machine the combination with an axially-movable drill, a Work-support, a drill-guide, an arm for supporting said guide in axlal alinement with the drill, a standard, disposed `at one side of and'p'arallel to the drill on which said arm is mounted to swing transversely and'move longitudinally thereof, and means for locking said arm when said guide is in axial alinement With the drill, substantially as described.

3. In a drilling-machine, the combination with an axially-movable drill, a Work-support, a drill-guide, means permitting movement of said guide to one side of the drill in a path intersecting the axis thereof, a stop for limiting the movement of said guide when it is in axial alinement with the drill, and means for locking said guide, substantially as described. l

HENRY F. NOYES.

Witnesses:

M. M. SHRIVER, FANNY A. NoYEs. 

